Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 9 times smaller than Angola.

Angola is approximately 1,246,700 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 11.55% the size of Angola. Meanwhile, the population of Angola is ~34.8 million people (22.0 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Angola vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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